Job vacancy

The Building on the Best Programme aims to improve the care
and support given to people being cared for in acute hospitals in Scotland and who may be
approaching the end of their life.

The
postholder will develop and lead the second phase of this programme by:

supporting
the establishment and operation of a Scottish hospital palliative care
improvement network;

by developing and managing a programme of locally-devised
and locally-led improvement activities;

and by providing support to local
clinical teams in the identification of improvement activities and in the
development of improvement plans.

We’re looking
for someone who brings experience of quality improvement and/or other research
and improvement methodologies. The
successful candidate will have experience of working in hospital or other
clinical/care setting and the credibility and interpersonal skills needed to
work with the wide range of different staff.

The postholder will be employed by Scottish Partnership for Palliative Care (SPPC). The programme is being funded by Macmillan Cancer Support.
The role is based at SPPC’s office in Edinburgh but with
travel across Scotland. A mix of remote, home and office working is possible. Flexible arrangements will be considered:
secondment; job-share; compressed hours etc.

More information is available below. Having read the information, if you wish to discuss any aspect of the post before applying then please call 0131 272 2735 to speak with Mark Hazelwood.